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Generic Gate to the ghost moths of the world
This generic list follows the taxonomic checklist of Nielsen, E. S., G. S. Robinson, and D. L. Wagner. 2000. Ghost moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera). Journal of Natural History 34, 823-878.
Genera are arranged in alphabetical order within the 'primitive Hepialidae' and 'Hepialidae s.str.'
Each generic name will provide a link to a list of species along with information on distribution, systematics, habitat, and biology.
| PRIMITIVE HEPIALIDAE | |
| AFROTHEORA Nielsen and Scoble, 1986 | South Africa/Angola/Tanzania |
| ANTIHEPIALUS Janse, 1942 | South Africa/Kenya/Uganda |
| FRAUS Walker, 1856 | Australia |
| GAZORYCTRA Hübner, [1821] | Eurasia/USA/Canada |
| HEPIALIDAE s.str. | |
| ABANTIADES Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 | Australia |
| ANDEABATIS Nielsen and Robinson, 1983 | chile |
| AENETUS Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 | Australia, NZ, NG, NC, eastern Indonesia |
| AORAIA Dumbleton, 1966 | New Zealand |
| APLATISSA Viette, 1953 | Brazil |
| BIPECTILIS Chu and Wang, 1985 | China/Vietnam/Nepal |
| BLANCHARDINELLA Viette, 1950 | Chile |
| BORDAIA Tindale, 1932 | Australia |
| CALADA Nielsen and Robinson, 1983 | Argentina |
| CALLIPIELUS Butler, 1882 | Chile/Argentina |
| CIBYRA Walker, 1856 | Mexico/Central and South America |
| CLADOXYCANUS Dumbleton, 1966 | New Zealand |
| DALACA auctt. nec Walker, 1856 | Panama to /Brazil/Paraguay |
| DALACA Walker, 1856 | Chile/Argentina |
| DIOXYCANUS Dumbleton, 1966 | New Zealand |
| DRUCEIELLA Viette, 1949b | Costa Rica/Panama/South America |
| DUMBLETONIUS Dugdale, 1998 | New Zealand |
| ELHAMMA Walker, 1856 | Australia/New Guinea |
| ENDOCLITA Felder, 1874 | India/East-Southeast Asia |
| EUDALACA Viette, 1950 | Southern Africa |
| GORGOPIS Hübner, [1820] | South Africa/Tanzania |
| HELOXYCANUS Dugdale, 1994 | New Zealand |
| HEPIALISCUS Hampson, [1893] | India/Nepal/China/Taiwan |
| HEPIALUS Fabricius, 1775 | Europe |
| JEANA Tindale, 1935 | Australia |
| KORSCHELTELLUS | USA/Canada/Europe |
| LETO | South Africa |
| METAHEPIALUS | South Africa |
| NAPIALUS | China |
| NEOHEPIALISCUS | Algeria/Tunisia |
| ONCOPERA | Australia |
| OXYCANUS Walker, 1856 | Australia, New Guinea |
| PALPIFER Hampson, [1893] | India/Sri Lanka/Nepal/Taiwan,Java/Japan/Myanmar |
| PARAHEPIALISCUS Viette, 1950 | Borneo |
| PARAPIELUS Viette, 1949 | Chile/Argentina |
| PFITZNERIANA Viette, 1952 | Bolivia/Colombia/Venezuela |
| PFTIZNERIELLA Viette, 1951 | Peru, Ecuador |
| PHARMACIS Hübner, [1820] | Europe/western Russia |
| PHASSODES Bethune-Backer, 1905 | Fiji/Samoa |
| PHASSUS Walker, 1856 | Mexico south to Brazil |
| PHIALUSE Viette, 1961 | Bolivia |
| PHYMATOPUS Wallengren, 1869 | Europe/Russia/Japan |
| PHYMATOPUS auctt. nec. Wallengren, 1869 | United States |
| PUERMYTRANS Viette, 1951 | Chile |
| ROSEALA Viette, 1950 | Brazil |
| SCHAUSIANA Viette, 1950 | Mexico |
| STHENOPIS Packard, [1865] | Canada/USA |
| STHENOPIS auctt. nec. Packard, [1865] | China |
| THITARODES Viette, 1961 | China/Nepal/Borneo/Russia/Japan |
| TRICHOPHASSUS LeCerf, 1919 | South eastern Brazil |
| TRICTENA Meyrick, 1932 | Australia |
| TRIODIA Hübner, [1820] | Europe/western Russia |
| XHOAPHRYX Viette, 1953 | Vietnam |
| WISEANA Viette, 1961 | New Zealand |
| ZELOTYPIA | Central eastern Australia |
| ZENOPHASSUS | Caucasus |
